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Temperance and Prohibition
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the interaction between the executive and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis lesson relates to the interaction between the executive and legislative branches dealing with the security of our nation an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Teddy Roosevelt's World View
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryThis page, from the PBS American Experience series, features historian David McCullough s discussion of President Theodore Roo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Teaching With Documents: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis Web site, from the Digital Classroom, holds numerous records from the National Archives and Records Administration relating...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Tactics in the Persian Gulf: From Diplomacy to Force -- Interpreting Past and Current Events in Iraq
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students trace the United States' involvement in Iraq from 1991 th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Suspect in Assassination of Dr. King Is Seized in London
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how authorities announced the capture in London of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Striking a Deal: Learning the History of American Labor Strikes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, EconomicsIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the economic repercussions of a potential Major L...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Strike Up the Band: Exploring the Role of Organized Labor in the Entertainment Industry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History & Culture, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first examine the value of live music by writing about person...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Strategic Map of Our War with Spain
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social ScienceThis 1898 map, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, depicts locations important to the Spanish American War. Include...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Stop the Flow!: Creative Solutions for Stemming the Tide of Illegal Immigration from Mexico to the U.S.
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, United States History, Economics and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students brainstorm creative and imaginative solutions to economic and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Stop Signs: Exploring How Different Parties Might Promote an End to the Violence in the Middle East
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social Science, Electives and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research the positions of different interested parties regard...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Standing Up by Sitting Down: Early Bus Riders for Civil Rights
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryMore than ten years before Rosa Parks sat down on a Birmingham, Alabama, bus and refused to get up, and 15 years before Freedom ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Speak Out!: Examining the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States Through Editorial Writing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider their opinions on various topics and issues related ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Sow the Seeds of Victory! Posters from the Food Administration During World War I
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, United States HistoryThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration relates to Article II, Section 2.1 , of the U.S. Const...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Soviet Espionage in America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students use recently declassified FBI documents to learn about the tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Soviet and Britain Sign War and Peace Pact; Molotoff and Roosevelt Plan for 2D Front; Army Fliers Blasted Two Fleets off Midway
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on June 11, 1942, and reported that the United State...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Sources of Discord, 1945-1946
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine the origins of the Cold War between the United States...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Smithsonian Jazz
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, MusicSmithsonian Jazz celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, April, by offering sound clips, information about jazz events, a directory ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education Lesson Plan, Unit 3: An Organized Legal Campaign
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will create posters that will he...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0